Breastfeeding Hypocrite?

Recently I’ve read quite a bit about a new “breastfeeding” doll that was developed by a Spanish toy manufacturer. This doll (called Bebe Gloton) will “nurse” from a flower halter-top that a child wears. The child lifts the doll to the flowers on the top, the doll makes sucking noises, and then the doll has [...]

Home Again, Home Again, Jiggety-Jig

Our trip is done…three days early…but really at this point I don’t care. I am so mentally exhausted from our drive yesterday that I am finding it difficult to string words together in a coherent manner. Em cried for over two and a half hours straight on the way home yesterday. I don’t even know [...]

Kitchenettes and Wine

I think kitchenettes are gross. I hate them. I loathe them. I am sitting in one right now. Before we had kids I would never ever have considered staying in a hotel that required me to cook during my vacation. Vacations were for relaxing and eating out – not for cooking over a hot stove [...]

On the Road

When I was young I used to love to pack for a trip. LOVE IT. Picking out all the things I would need to take with me for a Big Adventure was so exciting I would have butterflies in my stomach. Packing was the last thing you had to do before the fun really began [...]

Baby in a Box

Baby in a Box

There’s something about a baby in a box. You know how it is. You have a box. You have a baby. You have an urge to put the baby in the box – and you do it. Voila! Cuteness is made. When Little K was ten-months-old we were lucky enough to have the perfect box [...]